金木水火土

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	tree; wood	water; river	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (金木水火土)		金	木	水	火	土
simp. #(金木水火土)		金	木	水	火	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnmùshuǐhuǒtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ muk⁶ seoi² fo² tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnmùshuǐhuǒtǔ [Phonetic: jīnmùshuíhuótǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinmùshuěihuǒtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-mu⁴-shui³-huo³-tʻu³
    • Yale: jīn-mù-shwěi-hwǒ-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinmuhshoeihuootuu
    • Palladius: цзиньмушуйхоту (czinʹmušujxotu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ muk⁶ seoi² fo² tou²
    • Yale: gām muhk séui fó tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ muk⁹ soey² fo² tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ mug⁶ sêu² fo² tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ mʊk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

金木水火土

1. Wu Xing (Five Elements): metal, wood, water, fire and earth

See also

• 五行 (wǔxíng)